Olga Larionova
Olga Larionova (born 1935) is the pen name of Olga Nikolayevna Tideman, a Russian science fiction author who began in the Soviet era. Her debut novel was A Leopard from the top of Kilimanjaro ("Леопард с вершины Килиманджаро") from 1965. Her story A Tale of Kings was in the anthology Earth and Elsewhere, which gained her notice in the West.
Also recorded as Olga Nikolaevna Tideman
Olga Larionova
- Full name
- Ольга Николаевна Тидеман.
- Born
- 1935 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 2023
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- writer
- Fields
- speculative fiction
- Education
- Faculty of Physics and State University of Saint Petersbourg
- Honours
- Aelita Prize · Bronze snail award · Wanderer literary award
- Languages
- Russian
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Olga Larionova (born 1935) is the pen name of Olga Nikolayevna Tideman, a Russian science fiction author who began in the Soviet era. Her debut novel was A Leopard from the top of Kilimanjaro ("Леопард с вершины Килиманджаро") from 1965. Her story A Tale of Kings was in the anthology Earth and Elsewhere, which gained her notice in the West.
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She is one of the few successful female Russian science fiction writers of her generation. She won the Aelita Prize in 1987 and remains one of the few women to win it as an individual writer.
Olga Larionova studied at Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are speculative fiction. Distinctions recorded are Aelita Prize, Bronze snail award and Wanderer literary award.
Olga Larionova is recorded as having received Aelita Prize, Bronze snail award and Wanderer literary award. Recorded at birth as Ольга Николаевна Тидеман. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Olga Nikolaevna Tideman. Her recorded language was Russian.
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1935
Olga Larionova born at Saint Petersburg.
2023
Olga Larionova died.
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- 1.Translated SF | Olga Larionova. Translated SF.
- 2.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, pg 1039
- 3.Sentinel, Jonathan Susskind, Special to The. SOVIET SCIENCE FICTION. OrlandoSentinel.com.
- 4.Stites, Richard. Passion and Perception: Essays on Russian Culture. New Academia Publishing, LLC. September 25, 2010. 9780982806166.
- 5.Сайт конвента "АЭЛИТА" (Екатеринбург). www.rusf.ru.
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